Service Cuts for the Disabled

The story online today about the cuts to Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD) is troubling. Patterson has cut $65 million to OMRDD, with about $2.5M in cuts to the Center for Disability Services.

These are organizations that service children and adults with special needs. People that can’t stand up for themselves, or fight back against bureacracy. People who NEED taking care of. Even my children benefit from their services.

I understand cuts need to occur, but let’s cut it from the people that have the means to represent themselves, or better yet, lets take back from the elected officials that continually get raises or stipend increases, yet are responsible for the situation this state is in in the first place.

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I agree with you and I will contact Silver and my representative today. Gov. Patterson is in a tough position right now and I understand the need for cuts. But cutting these services, which are already inadequate, is not the answer.